About

Nico Beland (left) with actress and director, Christy Carlson Romano (right)

I'm an independent film critic, heavily inspired by other well-known reviewers such as Gene Siskel, Roger Ebert, the Nostalgia Critic, and Angry Video Game Nerd. My blog, Moviewatchin' Psychopath was created in February 2013 as suggested by a friend of my family. I have a huge passion in movies and film analysis. 

I'm a sucker for comic book movies especially the Marvel Cinematic Universe films and popular franchises like Star Wars and Jurassic Park and animated movies like How to Train Your Dragon and Inside Out, but I'll also take time to surprise my readers with reviews of other lesser known or independent films, and a chick flick every once in a while. 

Usually I try to keep an open-mind on everything I watch and I tend to be a little more forgiving towards a lot of movies if they underwhelm me. A movie has to try really hard for me to give it a thoroughly negative review (Fantastic Four 2015!). But I don't regret seeing any movies, if I dislike a movie, I'll review it here and that's the end of it. 

Besides movie reviewing, I also do occasional TV show reviews and recaps of pop culture conventions. Every year I go to Seattle's Emerald City ComiCon and at the end of the weekend I will post a photo recap of everything I saw at the convention. I recently expanded my convention recaps by also going to Seattle's Sakura Con anime convention and Portland's Rose City Comic Con to get my geek on even further. 

Here are some of my favorite movies from each year of developing my critical mindset:
1993-Jurassic Park
1994-Pulp Fiction
1995-Toy Story
1996-Independence Day
1997-Titanic
1998-Saving Private Ryan
1999-The Matrix
2000-Cast Away
2001-Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
2002-The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2003-The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2004-Spider-Man 2
2005-Batman Begins
2006-Casino Royale 

2007-The Bourne Ultimatum 

2008-The Dark Knight 

2009-Avatar 

2010-The Social Network 

2011-Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

2012-The Avengers 

2013-Frozen 

2014-Guardians of the Galaxy 

2015-Mad Max: Fury Road 

Feel free to look at my reviews and explore the wacky world of this movie-reviewing nutcase!